http://www.secondsout.com/USA/news.cfm?ccs=229&cs=22536 Heavy-handed punchers set the stage many years ago. David This content is protected [FONT=arial, verdana, helvetica][FONT=arial, verdana, helvetica]Tua[/FONT][/FONT], Roman Greenberg and Jeremy Williams will continue that strong Utah boxing tradition Saturday night in the SecondsOut LIVE web broadcast pay-per-view event at the South Towne Exposition Center in Sandy. World heavyweight champions “Gentleman” Jim Corbett and Jack “The Manassa Mauler” Dempsey both had their first pro wins in Salt Lake City. Corbett made his pro debut in Salt Lake City way back on July 14, 1886, fighting a draw with Duncan McDonald, but in his next fight, also in Salt Lake City, Corbett registered his first win, stopping Frank Smith in the second round. Dempsey’s second pro fight was a first-round knockout of Young Herman on November 2, 1914. Dempsey had 20 of his 83 pro fights in Utah, winning 16 (14 KOs) with two draws, in Salt Lake City, Pocatello, Murray, Price, Provo and Ogden. Dempsey, in 1933, had two one-round exhibitions with future world heavyweight champion Max Baer in Salt Lake City and 16 years later, “The Brown Bomber” Joe This content is protected [FONT=arial, verdana, helvetica][FONT=arial, verdana, helvetica]Louis[/FONT][/FONT] fought a 4-round exhibition with Rex Layne in Salt Lake City. The great Archie Moore defeated Joey Maxim by 15-round decision in 1953 for the world light heavyweight title in Ogden; three months prior to beating Joe Frazier for the WBC/WBA heavyweight championship, George Foreman stopped Terry Sorrell by second round knockout on October 16, 1972 in Salt Lake City. The 48th anniversary of (West Jordan) Utah boxing icon Gene “Cyclone” Fullmer’s (55-6-3 (24 KOs) National Boxing Association middleweight title-winning performance against Carmen This content is protected [FONT=arial, verdana, helvetica][FONT=arial, verdana, helvetica]Basilio[/FONT][/FONT](TKO14) in San Francisco is August 28. Fullmer had three successful title defenses in Utah: 15-round decision against Spider Webb on December 4, 1959 at the George Nelson Field House in Logan, 12th round TKO of Basilio on June 29, 1960 at Derks Field in Salt Lake City, and 15-round decision versus Florentino Fernandez on Aug. 5, 1961 at Ogden Stadium. Samoan strongman David Tua (47-3-1, 40 KOs), ranked No. 13 by the WBC, battles Mexican heavyweight champion Saul “La Cobra” Montana (48-14, 42 KOs) in Saturday night’s 10-round main event. Former world title challenger Tua has knocked out current WBC title-holder Oleg Maskaev along with former world champions John Ruiz, Hasim Rahman and Michael Moorer. Russian-born heavyweight sensation Roman Greenburg (25-0, 17 KOs), the No. 11 rated European heavyweight who was raised in Israel and fights out of England, takes on former heavyweight title challenger Damon Reed (43-11, 30 KOs) in the 10-round co-feature. The eight-round cruiserweight battle between former WBO heavyweight title challenger Jeremy “Half-Man, Half-Amazing” Williams (41-5-1, 35 KOs) and Salt Lake City favorite Gary “Pit Bull” Gomez (18-8-1, 7 KOs) has been upgraded to a pay-per-view fight. Former WBO heavyweight title challenger Williams (41-5-1, 35 KOs) has returned to the ring one division lighter than he fought in his first 47 pro bouts, coming back after 2 ½ years of inactivity when he was a mixed martial-arts fighter and coach on The Contender reality television series. The diverse Williams faces Gomez (18-8-1, 7 KOs), a former Global Union and WBC Continental Americas cruiserweight titleholder, who has never having been stopped. Pinnacle FiteNite is a pro This content is protected [FONT=arial, verdana, helvetica][FONT=arial, verdana, helvetica]boxing[/FONT][/FONT]pay-per-view series emanating for a wide variety of venues. The Aug. 18th edition at the South Towne Exposition Center in Sandy, Utah, is promoted by C.A.M. Boxing, Inc. in association with Sports and Entertainment Media, Inc. and Gotham Boxing. Undefeated New York City middleweight prospect Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin (13-0, 11 KOs) is scheduled to fight in the opening PPV bout. Also scheduled to fight on the Aug. 18th undercard is pound-for-pound the toughest lawyer in the world, Las Vegas high-profile defense attorney Marc “The Defender” Saggese (2-0, 2 KOs). All bouts and fighters are subject to change. Tickets, priced at $35.00, $50.00 and $75.00, are on sale and available at www.smithstix.com, South Towne Exposition Center box office, and local outlets. For additional information go to www.pinnaclefitenite.com. Doors open 5:00 PM/MT, first bout 6:00 PM/MT, first PPV bout 7:00 PM/MT. This LIVE event via web broadcast on Secondsout.com starts at 9pm ET/2AM UK. This exciting triple heavyweight showdown plus undercard action is available to buy for just $9.99.
